Chapel Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur du Plessis-Péricot

The abbey has a relatively recent building, constructed from 1722. Both majestic and impressive from the top of its imposing silhouette overlooking the banks of the Sarthe, the abbey of Saint-Pierre de Solesmes, founded in 1010, is a mecca for Gregorian chant. Occupied by a community of Benedictine monks, only the abbey church can be visited. The latter contains in its transept masterpieces of the French Renaissance: the Saints of Solesmes, two sculpted ensembles dating from the 15th and 16th centuries.

The Romanesque church Notre Dame de Brissarthe was built in the 11th century on a Merovingian site and the remains of a primitive church. It was the first priory of the Abbey St Serge d'Angers and features an impressive nave. In 1730, lightning struck the tower, partially destroying it. The tower and a presbytery are rebuilt on the south arm of the transept. It was at this time that the priory was dissolved and the church became a simple parish church.

The church of Saint Hilaire would have been built in the 11th century by monks belonging to the bishopric of Le Mans. Over the centuries, the church was enlarged and adapted to the needs of worship. In the 12th century, a high square tower was added to it, resembling a medieval defensive element. In the 13th century, the walls of the nave are covered with numerous wall paintings, completing some of the original ones.